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Author:

Huckelbridge, Dane, author.

Title:

The United States of beer : a freewheeling history of the all-American drink / Dane Huckelbridge.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Beer--United States--History.
Beer industry--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-277) and index.

Contents:

New England or A Proper Happy Hour for the Mayflower -- New York And The Mid-Atlantic or Of Yankee Clippers and Flying Dutchmen -- The South or a Little Dixie Goes a Long Way -- The Midwest or The German Beer Barons Finally Hop to It -- The West or Beers of the Wild Frontier -- The West Coast or Wish They All Could Be California Brews.

Summary:

"A history of beer in America by the author of Bourbon chronicles how beer has evolved in every nation from a regional product to a global mega-brand, sharing anecdotes about such subjects as Washington's failed attempt to brew molasses at Mount Vernon and the manufacturing technologies that introduced beer to the Wild West,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

0062389750
9780062389756

OCLC:

(OCoLC)948567716

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

LPPC815 -- Lake View Public Library (Lake View)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)